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Ιεζεκιήλ 43

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1 Και με εφερεν εις την πυλην, την πυλην την βλεπουσαν κατα ανατολας.

2 Και ιδου, η δοξα του Θεου του Ισραηλ ηρχετο απο της οδου της ανατολης· και η φωνη αυτου ως φωνη υδατων πολλων· και η γη ελαμπεν απο της δοξης αυτου.

3 Και η θεα την οποιαν ειδον ητο κατα την θεαν, κατα την θεαν την οποιαν ειδον, οτε ηλθον να χαλασω την πολιν· και αι θεαι ησαν κατα την θεαν, την οποιαν ειδον παρα τον ποταμον Χεβαρ· και επεσον επι προσωπον μου.

4 Και η δοξα του Κυριου εισηλθεν εις τον οικον δια της οδου της πυλης της βλεπουσης κατα ανατολας.

5 Και με εσηκωσε το πνευμα και με εφερεν εις την αυλην την εσωτεραν· και ιδου, ο οικος ητο πληρης της δοξης του Κυριου.

6 Και ηκουσα φωνην λαλουντος προς εμε εκ του οικου· και ο ανθρωπος ιστατο πλησιον μου.

7 Και ειπε προς εμε, Υιε ανθρωπου, τον τοπον του θρονου μου και τον τοπον του ιχνους των ποδων μου, οπου θελω κατοικει εν μεσω των υιων Ισραηλ εις τον αιωνα, και το ονομα μου το αγιον, δεν θελει πλεον βεβηλωσει ο οικος Ισραηλ, ουτε αυτοι ουτε οι βασιλεις αυτων, με τας πορνειας αυτων ουδε με τα πτωματα των βασιλεων αυτων ουδε με τους υψηλους αυτων τοπους.

8 Θετοντες τα κατωφλια αυτων πλησιον των κατωφλιων μου και τους παραστατας αυτων πλησιον των παραστατων μου, ωστε δεν ητο παρα ο τοιχος μεταξυ εμου και αυτων, εβεβηλουν ουτω το ονομα μου το αγιον με τα βδελυγματα αυτων, τα οποια επραττον· δια τουτο ηναλωσα αυτους εν τω θυμω μου.

9 Τωρα ας απομακρυνωσιν απ' εμου τας πορνειας αυτων και τα πτωματα των βασιλεων αυτων, και θελω κατοικει εν μεσω αυτων εις τον αιωνα.

10 Συ, υιε ανθρωπου, δειξον τον οικον τουτον εις τον οικον Ισραηλ, δια να εντραπωσι δια τας ανομιας αυτων· και ας μετρησωσι το σχεδιον.

11 Και εαν εντραπωσι δια παντα οσα επραξαν, δειξον εις αυτους την μορφην του οικου και την διαταξιν αυτου και τας εξοδους αυτου και τας εισοδους αυτου και πασαν την μορφην αυτου και πασας τας διαταξεις αυτου και πασαν την μορφην αυτου και παντα τον νομον αυτου, και διαγραψον αυτον ενωπιον αυτων, δια να φυλαξωσιν ολην την μορφην αυτου και πασας τας διαταξεις αυτου και να εκτελωσιν αυτας.

12 Ουτος ειναι ο νομος του οικου· επι της κορυφης του ορους, ολον το οριον αυτου κυκλω κυκλω θελει εισθαι αγιωτατον. Ιδου, ουτος ειναι ο νομος του οικου.

13 Και ταυτα ειναι τα μετρα του θυσιαστηριου εις πηχας· η πηχη ειναι μια πηχη κοινη και παλαμη· το μεν κοιλωμα αυτου θελει εισθαι μια πηχη και το πλατος μια πηχη, το δε γεισωμα αυτου εις τα χειλη αυτου κυκλω μια σπιθαμη· και τουτο θελει εισθαι το ανωτερον μερος του θυσιαστηριου.

14 Απο δε του κοιλωματος του προς την γην εως της κατωτερας οφρυος θελει εισθαι δυο πηχαι και το πλατος μια πηχη· και απο της οφρυος της μικροτερας εως της οφρυος της μεγαλητερας, τεσσαρες πηχαι, και το πλατος μια πηχη.

15 Και το θυσιαστηριον θελει εισθαι τεσσαρων πηχων το υψος· απο δε του θυσιαστηριου και επανω θελουσιν εισθαι τεσσαρα κερατα.

16 Και το θυσιαστηριον θελει εισθαι δωδεκα πηχων το μηκος και δωδεκα το πλατος, τετραγωνον εις τας τεσσαρας πλευρας αυτου.

17 Και η οφρυς θελει εισθαι δεκατεσσαρων πηχων το μηκος και δεκατεσσαρων το πλατος εις τας τεσσαρας πλευρας αυτης· και το γεισωμα κυκλω αυτης μιση πηχη· και το κοιλωμα αυτης κυκλω μια πηχη· και αι βαθμιδες αυτης θελουσι βλεπει προς ανατολας.

18 Και ειπε προς εμε, Υιε ανθρωπου, ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Αυται ειναι αι διαταξεις του θυσιαστηριου καθ' ην ημεραν κατασκευασωσιν αυτο, δια να προσφερωσιν επ' αυτου ολοκαυτωμα και να ραντιζωσιν επ' αυτο αιμα.

19 Και θελεις δωσει εις τους ιερεις τους Λευιτας, τους οντας εκ του σπερματος Σαδωκ, τους πλησιαζοντας με δια να λειτουργωσιν εις εμε, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος, μοσχον βοος δια προσφοραν περι αμαρτιας.

20 Και θελεις λαβει απο του αιματος αυτου και βαλει επι τα τεσσαρα κερατα αυτου και επι τας τεσσαρας γωνιας της οφρυος και επι το γεισωμα κυκλω· και θελεις καθαρισει αυτο και καμει εξιλεωσιν περι αυτου.

21 Και θελεις λαβει τον μοσχον τον δια προσφοραν περι αμαρτιας, και θελουσι καυσει αυτον εν τω διωρισμενω τοπω του οικου εξω του αγιαστηριου.

22 Και την δευτεραν ημεραν θελεις προσφερει τραγον εξ αιγων αμωμον δια προσφοραν περι αμαρτιας· και θελουσι καθαρισει το θυσιαστηριον, ως εκαθαρισαν δια του μοσχου.

23 Αφου τελειωσης καθαριζων αυτο, θελεις προσφερει μοσχον βοος αμωμον και κριον εκ του ποιμνιου αμωμον.

24 Και θελεις προσφερει αυτα ενωπιον του Κυριου, και οι ιερεις θελουσι ριψει ολας επ' αυτα και θελουσιν ολοκαυτωσει αυτα ολοκαυτωμα εις τον Κυριον.

25 Επτα ημερας θελεις ετοιμαζει καθ' εκαστην τραγον δια προσφοραν περι αμαρτιας· και θελουσιν ετοιμαζει μοσχον βοος και κριον εκ του ποιμνιου, αμωμους.

26 Επτα ημερας θελουσι καμνει εξιλεωσιν περι του θυσιαστηριου και καθαριζει αυτο· και αυτοι θελουσι καθιερωθη.

27 Και αφου συμπληρωθωσιν αι ημεραι, απο της ογδοης ημερας και εφεξης θελουσι προσφερει οι ιερεις τα ολοκαυτωματα σας επι του θυσιαστηριου και τας ειρηνικας προσφορας σας· και εγω θελω σας δεχθη, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

   

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904. 21:15 And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. This symbolically means that to people who possess the goodness of love, the Lord grants a faculty for understanding and knowing the nature of the Lord's New Church as regards its doctrine and its introductory truths, and as regards the Word from which they are drawn.

He who spoke with me symbolizes the Lord speaking from heaven, because it was an angel speaking, one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls mentioned in verse 9, who means the Lord speaking from heaven (no. 895). A reed symbolizes a power or ability springing from the goodness of love - a reed symbolizing power or ability (no. 485), and gold the goodness of love (nos. 211, 726). To measure means, symbolically, to learn the character of a thing, thus to understand and know it (no. 486). The city, the holy Jerusalem, symbolizes the church in respect to its doctrine (nos. 879, 880). Its gates symbolize concepts of truth and goodness from the Word's literal sense, which are truths and goods owing to the spiritual life in them (no. 899). And the wall symbolizes the Word in its literal sense from which the doctrine and concepts come (no. 898).

It is apparent from this that "he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall," symbolically means that to people who possess the goodness of love, the Lord grants a faculty for understanding and knowing the nature of the Lord's New Church as regards its doctrine and its introductory truths, and as regards the Word from which they are drawn.

[2] These symbolic meanings cannot be seen at all in the literal sense, for one sees in it only that an angel speaking with John had a gold reed with which to measure the city and its gates and wall. But even so, that these words contain another meaning, a spiritual meaning, is clearly apparent from the fact that the city Jerusalem does not mean a real city, but the church. Consequently everything said about Jerusalem as a city symbolizes such things as have to do with the church, and everything having to do with the church is, in itself, spiritual.

Such a spiritual meaning is present also in what is said in chapter 11 above, where we are told the following:

I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood by, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there." (Revelation 11:1)

A similar spiritual meaning is present, too, in everything that the angel measured with a reed in Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48. Also in these verses in Zechariah:

I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what its width is and what its length." (Zechariah 2:1-2)

Indeed, such a spiritual meaning is present in everything connected with the Tabernacle and in everything connected with the Temple in Jerusalem, whose measurements we are told, and also in the measurements themselves. And yet nothing of this can be seen in the literal sense.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 46

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1 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

2 The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

3 The people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.

4 The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;

5 and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

6 On the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish:

7 and he shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

8 When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by its way.

9 But when the people of the land shall come before Yahweh in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go forth straight before him.

10 The prince, when they go in, shall go in with of them; and when they go out, he shall go out.

11 In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

12 When the prince shall prepare a freewill offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

13 You shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily: morning by morning you shall prepare it.

14 You shall prepare a meal offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to Yahweh continually by a perpetual ordinance.

15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.

16 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.

17 But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.

18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not be scattered every man from his possession.

19 Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy rooms for the priests, which looked toward the north: and behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.

20 He said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, [and] where they shall bake the meal offering; that they not bring them forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.

21 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

22 In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty [cubits] long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.

23 There was a wall around in them, around the four, and boiling places were made under the walls all around.

24 Then he said to me, These are the boiling houses, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.